I am Tenacious

"Yes, what you said is true. Hmmm! I see we have an insightful young man here with us today. Back to what you pointed out, well, if I were to pass this through the board, this situation, simple as it seems, would get complicated and unnecessary.

I'm just using what little authority I have to make what I offered to you happen, and the mana stones are coming directly from my pockets. I am making sure that the academy's involvement in this matter is reduced to the barest minimum. It seems like a simple matter but it has to be handled with care. All I can say is that you have a high level of existence, and I hope that you will achieve great things for yourself and this academy also.

'Tch! High level of existence. Your level of existence only increases with your power, especially your magical power, your cultivation. I have heard of those who are tagged "blessed by the heavens", but I do not believe in fate set in stone, rather, I know that we all have many paths to take.

'There are an infinite number of future possibilities. Besides, things going your way doesn't mean you're important or anything; it just means you were lucky and were in a position to receive that luck.

From the statement she made, I know she is just trying to uncover my background and my secrets. What she doesn't know is that my background is very ordinary, well, Peter's background isn't ordinary, in other words, she wants to know more about Orson's Father. Just look at the way I'm thinking in the third person, like a psycho.

Hehehe! My train of thought sounds like something I've read. Yes, I remember, it was a light novel. What was the name again? Ugh! Plenty of titles are flowing in my head, as many of them almost had the same plots. Sigh! Let's leave unnecessary thoughts for later aye, Orson, ' Orson thought.

"I thank you for what you're doing ma'am, but I am a greenhorn in academics and the affairs of this world, but still, I will do my best to repay your kindness, " He said.

"I haven't done anything. Here, take this. This storage ring contains the agreed amount of Mana stones. The next thing now would be to measure your magic power and know your cultivation level. If you would be so kind, can you follow me to the testing room? "

'Shit, wouldn't that expose my current cultivation level? All my dreams of living under the radar before coming out one day with a big bang is about to go down the drain, ' Orson thought.

He then looked at Peter with a face that clearly passed his train of thought.

"Sorry Principal Orion, but since we've come this far, can we just skip the test? " Peter asked.

"I'm sorry, but this is necessary as this is an academy made to train and nurture mages. We have to track their growth from day one. Also, if they are not up to standard, we let them go after giving them a grace period to improve, " Jill said.

'We let them go? Sugar coating statements I see, ' Orson thought.

"I know how it is Principal Orion, but why I don't want my son to take the test is a personal reason which I wouldn't be able to throw light on. Besides, what I'm asking is not that he doesn't take it at all but that he does so at a later date, " Peter said.

"Okay, I don't know what your reasons are, but I will agree to what you've said, " Jill said.

"I know it's a hard choice to make given your position but... Wait, did you just agree to it? "

"Yes I did, " Jill replied.

Peter started racking his brain as to why convincing her was that easy. He knew that it was because of Solomon, his friend who he had asked to make it possible for Orson to get into the Pearl Magic Academy without making Orson participate in any investigation related to the false guard, who he and Peter clearly knew was Charles Regalo, but he didn't know how because even with Solomon's influence, he wouldn't be able to so easily make the principal carry out his bidding right? Except, he gave out massive benefits.

'I owe you big time Solomon, ' Peter thought.

"Well, I guess we will be taking our leave then, " He said.

"Okay. More information will be forwarded to you later. Also, say hi to Solomon for me, " Jill said.

Click!

If anyone was in Peter's mind at that point, that was the sound they were going to hear, as what Jill had just said led Peter to an understanding. 'So that's it, he fucked her no wonder, ' Peter thought as the recent image of Solomon's uprightness shattered in his mind.

'I should have known, after all, the Principal is a woman, and from what I've observed, she isn't married. Aside from that, she looks like the sexually active type, but I guess that having a relationship or going out for some fun would be difficult for her due to the burdens that being a principal comes with.

And knowing Solomon, that playboy, he would have picked up the scent of her desires as soon as he met her. Well, sexual desire to be clear. Here I was, thinking he had done one solid for me, not knowing he was messing around, sigh! ' Peter thought.

If Orson was privy to the thoughts of Peter, he would have laughed his ass off as almost everyone in his last life knew the story of a king named Solomon, who allegedly had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.

"I will, " Peter said.

As they were about to get up, Orson had a thought and voiced out his concern. "Wait, didn't we leave Penelope at the door? I clearly saw her sitting outside as we were coming in. Doesn't that mean that she has listened to everything we've spoken about? "

"You don't have to worry about that. A magic formation in the office blocks any sound from going out, but sound can come in... "